Category Archives: Board Games

Join us, for International Tabletop Day on March 30! We’ll be playing and demoing The Resistance and Gang of Four, as well as opening our extensive game library! Bring your favorite game and learn to play.

Since it’s tabletop day, everyone who participates will get a cool, exclusive accessory that is only available at International Tabletop days held at FLGS – exclusive Wil Wheaton Gloom cards, Geek and Sundry swag, and lots of special promos.

Bonus Game Universe giveaway: As an added bonus, Game Universe is doing give aways that are exclusively for MilCog members who RSVP to this event! At the end of the day, Game Universe will give away a copy of The Resistance to one lucky participant. If more than 30 people play in Tabletop day, GU will give away 1x copy of the Miskatonic Horror Expansion for Arkham Horror (or similarly priced Arkham Expansion while supplies last).

GU is also offering a special bonus – 10% off all non-collectable, non-sale item purchase made by any MilCog members who RSVP and participate in at least 1 board game during International Tabletop Day!

Remember, you must RSVP to this event to be entered in the GU Giveaway or receive a discount.

The Glory to Rome Black Box Edition is in stock at Game Universe Greenfield in extremely limited quantities! Missed this at GenCon? Forgot to pre-order it? Stop by and pick yours up today, while supplies last.

It’s a grand opening MilCog blowout at the new Game Universe – North location in Menomonee Falls! Check out Game Universe’s new 60+ person game room and game ’til you drop. We want this to be a huge turnout, and Game Universe is going to help us make it our biggest public event yet by giving away more games the more people we get!

The Goods

No matter how many people show up, Game Universe is giving away a copy of the new, Cthulhu Fluxx and a Nations Expansion to Minion Games’ award-winning Manhattan Project. But if we can get the following numbers, Game Universe will give away even more stuff!

10+ people attend: Game Universe will give away a Kingdom of Solomon from Minion Games.

18+ people: The new Menomonee Falls store will grace some lucky MilCoger with a free copy of The Thief of Baghdad, nominee for the 2007 Spiel des Jahres award, from Queen Games.

26+ people: James will raffle off a copy of the new Axis & Allies 1941 from Wizards of the Coast. This is the new print of the game folks, with updated pieces and rules, so it’s a cool item for someone to get totally free!

35+ people: Game Universe North will give away a copy of The Road to Canterbury by Gryphon Games! This is an awesome game that you’ve got to play to believe how cool it is, and one lucky gamer is going to get a shot at it; free!

45+ people: Game Universe will give us a free copy of the hard to find Yucatan; a $70 game, frequently imported for well over $100, totally free to someone as soon as we get 45 or more MilCog players at the event!

55+ people: Game Universe will give away the new Leviathans, the miniatures wargame from Catalyst that’s been 3 years in the making!

close up of a Leviathan ship, all of which come pre-painted

Bonuses

Sign up for a 1 year MilCog membership at the Grand Opening event; get a free Game Universe membership. This offer only works for people who sign up or renew a membership through the staff at Game Universe at the Grand Opening MilCog event.

Bring a friend new to MilCog: Get 1x extra free ticket good for one more chance to win a free game in Game Universe’s Giveaway

Game Universe’s is hiring a sales associate to work in our new Menomonee Falls location on Saturdays, and a Shipping Assistant for our Greenfield location.

SALES candidates will reliable, have excellent customer service skills, good communication skills, have retail sales experience, and be familiar with Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, board games and RPGs. The job is roughly 9 hours a day, typically from 11 am – 8 pm, but may go later on days when we hold events. More hours may be available for qualified candidates. Candidates must live in the Milwaukee area, have reliable transportation, and be available for training on weekdays.

SHIPPERS must be able to handle multiple, detail-oriented tasks at once, lift 50 pound packages on a regular basis, handle shipping software, returns and customer service via phone and email. Some online retail experience a plus, but no experience is necessary.

If you’re interested in a fun an exciting work environment, and discounts on your favorite games, email a resume to our Regional Manager, Matthew Vercant, matt@game-universe.com, subject line “Sales” or “Shipping” as appropriate. Please include a list of games which you have played and could teach to others.рекламные баннерыопределение позиции google

The Eclipse Board Game is in stock at Game Universe Greenfield. We sold out of our restock last week, and we’re not sure we can get more, so if you want to nail down a copy of this game, give us a call at 414.427.8800 to reserve a copy.